Management of oral and maxillofacial surgery procedures in irradiated patients.
With improving technology, osteoradionecrosis may become a chapter in the history of medicine. As treatments for malignancy become more specific to diseased cells and less disruptive of normal tissue physiology, we will see less ORN. However, at the present time, it is a severely debilitating disease that must be aggressively prevented and treated.
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Temple University School of Dentistry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation / Q000379:methods; D009055:Mouth / Q000601:surgery; D056948:Orthognathic Surgical Procedures; D010025:Osteoradionecrosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors